Tobacco Act, 1934

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Inspection of premises, etc.

4.—(1) An inspector of the Minister shall be entitled at all reasonable times to enter any land or premises on which there is kept any tobacco seeds or plants, or on which any tobacco is grown, cured, or rehandled and may inspect any seeds, plants or tobacco found on such land or premises.

(2) An inspector of the Minister for Industry and Commerce shall be entitled at all reasonable times to enter any land or premises upon which any tobacco is rehandled or manufactured and may inspect any tobacco found on such land or premises.

(3) If any person obstructs or impedes any inspector of the Minister or any inspector of the Minister for Industry and Commerce in the exercise of any powers conferred on such inspector by this section, such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.

(4) An offence under this section, if committed in relation to an inspector of the Minister, may be prosecuted by or at the suit of the Minister as prosecutor.

(5) An offence under this section, if committed in relation to an inspector of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, may be prosecuted by or at the suit of that Minsiter as prosecutor.